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#1 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2024-05-19. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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"On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter. ...[An] account of the chaotic...

2) The anxious generation : how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness

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Haidt, Jonathan

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#2 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2024-05-19. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 6 week(s).

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After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s, with rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rising sharply. The author lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time, and then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent exploration to mature into competent, thriving adults....

3) The Wager : a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder

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Grann, David

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#8 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2024-05-19. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 54 week(s).

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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z, a mesmerizing story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. On January 28, 1742, a ramshacklevessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's...

4) Outlive: the science & art of longevity

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Attia, Peter

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#9 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2024-05-19. Last week it was ranked 10. It has been on the list for 58 week(s).

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD • A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new approach to preventing chronic disease and extending long-term health, from a visionary physician and leading longevity expert

“One of the most important books you’ll ever read.”—Steven D. Levitt,...

5) Knife : meditations after an attempted murder

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Rushdie, Salman

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#11 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2024-05-19. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 3 week(s).

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From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring--and surviving--an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him. Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumatic events of August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie answers violence with art, and reminds us of the power of words to make sense of the unthinkable. Knife is...

6) I'm glad my mom died

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McCurdy, Jennette

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#12 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2024-05-19. Last week it was ranked 11. It has been on the list for 82 week(s).

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"A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor--including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother--and how she retook control of her life."--Amazon.